TeaBea wrote: » Then you are not doing 5:2...... you are doing a low calorie ZIG-ZAG diet. I hope you average at least 1200 net calories over the week.
TeaBea wrote: » FoxyMars25 wrote: » I am in week three of 5:2 and have lost over 3 lbs so far. However, I do not eat at maintenance 5 of the days (my TDEE is around 2100-2200). This is how I have been doing it: Sunday: 1400-1600 cal Monday: 500 cal Tuesday: 1400-1600 cal Wednesday: 1400-1600 cal Thursday: 500 cal Friday and Saturday: Whatever I have left of the total calories I can have a week to lose 1 lb, split between the two days. This past weekend, I had created so much of a deficit last week that I could have about 3000 cal each day and STILL lose weight. This is a good thing for me, as I typically go out to eat/drink a lot with friends/abandon my super strict healthy ways on weekends. I have been in a plateau forever and I knew it was because I wiped out my deficit during the weekend. But now, I have FINALLY found something that works for me and my life. Then you are not doing 5:2...... you are doing a low calorie ZIG-ZAG diet. I hope you average at least 1200 net calories over the week.
FoxyMars25 wrote: » I am in week three of 5:2 and have lost over 3 lbs so far. However, I do not eat at maintenance 5 of the days (my TDEE is around 2100-2200). This is how I have been doing it: Sunday: 1400-1600 cal Monday: 500 cal Tuesday: 1400-1600 cal Wednesday: 1400-1600 cal Thursday: 500 cal Friday and Saturday: Whatever I have left of the total calories I can have a week to lose 1 lb, split between the two days. This past weekend, I had created so much of a deficit last week that I could have about 3000 cal each day and STILL lose weight. This is a good thing for me, as I typically go out to eat/drink a lot with friends/abandon my super strict healthy ways on weekends. I have been in a plateau forever and I knew it was because I wiped out my deficit during the weekend. But now, I have FINALLY found something that works for me and my life.
